Cord-adjuster.



No.'760,819. PA'TENTBD MAY 24,1904.

= H. E. E. STRUNK.

CORD ADJUSTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27. 1903. nnnnwnn APR. 13. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 24, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE...

HARRY E. E. STRUNK, OFUPLAND; CALIFORNIA.

CORD-ADJUSTER.

SPECIFIGATI ON forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,819, dated May 24, 1904. Application filed July 2 7, 1903- Renewed April 13, 1904 Serial No. 203,033. (No model.)

- 1'0 all whom it may concern:-

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of Be it known that I, HARRY E. E. sTRUNK, a

Upland, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cord-Adjusters, of which the following is a specification.

ployed for suspending incandescent lamps,

although its use is by no means limited to this single application.

cle of pleasing appearance which may be applied to a cord intermediate ofits ends or; when used in connection with electrical con ductors maybe applied to the same intermediate of the end. thereof connected to the ceiling-block and the end which is connected to --cle of the class described of the construction and shape to be hereinafter described, and

particularly pointed out in the claims.

While the invention is-susceptible of somethe lamp for taking up a portion of the lengthof the'cord or conductor and supporting the portion so taken up in a convenient and efli clent manner.

To this end the invention includes an artimodification, the accompanying drawings illustrate and I shall hereinafter describe in cluding a main straight section, which whenthe 'article is in-use is interposed between the adjacent ends of the taut portions of the cord or conductor substantially in alinement or.

coincident with the same, upon one side of which section'a pocket or socket is located having gripping-walls, while upon the opposite sideof the main section, at the opposite end thereof, another pocket or socket with gripping-walls isformed, the latter end of the section being preferably provided with a secondor additional gripping pocket or socket.

My invention relates to cord adjusters priv marily intended for use with the ordinary flexible electrical conductors which are em- The article is further provided with a part for conveniently supporting the portion of the cord or conductor which is'taken upv or held in a loose loop.

In-theparticular exemplification of my invention disclosed in the accompanying drawings the same is shown as associated with a flexible electrical conductor a, supporting a depending incandescent lamp,

As premised, the device forming the sub ject-rnatter of the present application is designed to be used for adjusting the; length of the conductor, which adjustment is obtained by taking up in a loose or free loop a portion thereof out of the length of the same.

7 The loop is designated in the accompanying drawings by the letter Z the taut portion of the conductor above the same by the letter 0,

and the taut lower portion of the conductor by the letter'd.

The adjuster itself is bent from a single length of wire and includes a straight major section 0, having a section f extending downwardly from the upper end thereof at an acute angle, from the lower end of which a short vertical continuation or section 9 extends. The sections) 9, together with the upper portion of the section (2, provide two pockets or sockets h z, the walls of which are yielding, as the adjuster is bent from spring-wire or wire having some resiliencyi From the lower end of thesection e and upon the opposite side thereof to that upon which the pockets or sockets h e' are located a section 1' extends upwardly at an acute angle, which terminates in a hook is. The section j, with the lower portion of the main section 6, provides a pocket or socket m, preferably havingyielding walls.

To use the article, the-same is'secured to the conductor at any desirable point by placing the same on the latter, so that the same will be forced into the socket e'. The section g is then engaged with the conductor, which will force the latter to twist about the section f and enter thesocket h, where it will be securely gripped. The article is thus firmly held in place upon the conductor at any desired point. With the article thus held in position in order to take up a part of the length of the conductor it is only necessary to gather up a portion thereof in a loose loop and press the lower end of the latter into the pocket m. This will bring the member a substantially in alinement or coincident with the taut parts 0 (Z of the conductor As will be appreciated, any strain which may be placed upon the taut portion of the conductor will merely serve to more firmly grip the latter in the adjuster.

To prevent the looped portion of the conductor falling down and causing annoyance, the same may be coiled and hung upon the hook It.

The construction and operation of my invention will be readily understood upon reference to the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, and it will be appreciated that the parts and combinations recited maybe varied within a wide range without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A cord-adjuster bent from a single length of wire, comprising a straight major section having a pocket or receiving-socket upon one side of the same at one end thereof with gripping-walls to grip the cord, and a second pocket or receiving-socket with gripping-walls upon the other side of the same at the opposite end thereof, substantially as described. v

2. A cord-adjuster bent from a single length of wire,'comprising a straight major section having a'socket upon one side thereof at one end of the same with gripping-walls to grip the cord, and two pockets upon the other side thereof at the opposite end of the same, substantially as described.

3. A cord-adjuster bent from a single length of wire, comprising a straight major section having a socket upon one side thereof at the lower end of the same with gripping-walls to grip the cord, and two pockets upon the opposite side thereof at the upper end of the same, said latter pockets having grippingwalls to grip the cord and a straight section interposed therebetween, substantially as described.

tion and forming therewith a receiving-socket with gripping-walls, said upwardly-extending section terminating in a supporting -hook above said socket, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a cord designed to be looped intermediate of its length, of an adjuster bent from a single length of wire comprising a single straight major section having two pockets at one end of the same to engage the cord at the upper end of the looped portion thereof to support the adjuster from the same, and a pocket at the lower end of said straight portion to engage the cord at the lower end of the looped portion of the same, substantially as described.

6. A cord-adjuster for holding a cord with a portion thereof looped intermediate of its length, said adjuster being bent from a single length of wire, and comprising a major section, means at one end of the same for adjustably gripping the cord to support the adjuster therefrom independent of said major section, and means at the opposite end of the latter for gripping the cord, substantially as described.

7. A cord-adjuster designed to be associated with a cord to' hold a portion of the same, intermediate of its ends, in looped form, said adjuster comprising a straight section, means at the upper end of said section for engaging the cord at the upper end of the looped portion of the same, and means at the lower end of the section for gripping the cord at the lower end of the loop, said straight section extending between and forming a continuation of the taut portions of the cord upon each side of the looped portions thereof and being entirely free of the cord, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Upland, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, this 21st day of July, 1903.

HARRY E. E. S'llRU N K.

Witnesses:

F. W. HART, E. A. BownN. 

